Title
Classification of hemodynamics from perfusion MR brain images using noiseless independent factor analysis
Abstract
Dynamic-susceptibility-contrast (DSC) magnetic resonance imaging records signal changes on images when the injected contrast-agent particles pass through a human brain. The temporal signal changes on different brain tissues manifest distinct blood supply patterns which are vital for the profound analysis of cerebral hemodynamics. Under the assumption of the spatial independence among these patterns, noiseless independent factor analysis (NIFA) was first applied to decompose the DSC-MR data into different independent-factor images with corresponding signal-time curves. A major tissue type, such as artery, gray matter, white matter, vein, sinus, and choroid plexus, etc., on each independent-factor image was further segmented out by an optimal threshold. Based on the averaged signal-time curve on the arterial area, the cerebral hemodynamic parameters, such as relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV), relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF), and mean transit time (MTT), were computed and their averaged ratios between gray matter and white matter for normal subjects were in good agreement with those in the literature. Data of a stenosis patient before and after treatment was analyzed and the result illustrates that this method is effective in extracting spatio-temporal blood supply patterns which improves differentiation of pathological and physiological hemodynamics.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2006
SPPRA
relative cerebral blood flow,relative cerebral blood volume,noiseless independent factor analysis,gray matter,corresponding signal-time curve,white matter,dsc-mr data,cerebral hemodynamic parameter,distinct blood supply pattern,spatio-temporal blood supply pattern,cerebral hemodynamics,perfusion mr brain image,brain imaging,image segmentation
Field
DocType
ISBN
Biomedical engineering,Hemodynamics,Artery,Choroid plexus,Pattern recognition,White matter,Computer science,Human brain,Artificial intelligence,Cerebral blood flow,Magnetic resonance imaging,Perfusion
Conference
0-88986-580-9
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yen-Chun Chou1112.54
Michael Mu Huo Teng231.13
Wan-Yuo Guo3194.66
Jen-Chuen Hsieh418827.76
Yu-Te Wu518628.14